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APSA ACADEMY: Children's Film Fund recipients announced
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards has announced the recipients of the APSA Children’s Film Fund. Founded in partnership with Manila-based…
BIFF: iconoclastic artistic director removed from post
Richard Moore today confirmed that his contract as head of screen culture at Screen Queensland will not be renewed, after…
Marcia Russell: death of pioneer New Zealand journalist and documentary maker
Known to the Australian documentary sector as the maker of two important series about New Zealand politics and history, Marcia…
Walkey Awards: Rebel Films gets respectable at Walkleys
The documentary Walkley for 2012 went to Celeste Geer and Rebel Films for Then the Wind Changed, about a community…
Matchbox: ABC Head of Comedy joins independent sector
ABC Head of Comedy, Debbie Lee, is leaving the national broadcaster to take over as Director of Scripted Development at…
Australian content: sector stiffed on vague chance of ALP victory in 2013
Early indications are that the Australian television sector has been given a swift lesson in political cynicism by the events…
Albie Thoms: dead at the age of 72
Albie Thoms was both a pioneer, a staunch individualist and a beloved ratbag. Knowing he was dying of cancer, he…
Brief: Screen West gets new chair along with board changes
The new chair is Peter Rowe, while Janelle Marr and Dax Calder have been appointed and Alan Lindsay reappointed.
March of the Moguls: Levesen and the Australian implications
Such a nice rhyme. The UK considers regulating the media while its once-convictorious colony does the same. Dr O'D clanks…
NIDA SUMMER RESIDENCIES
NIDA Summer Residencies are an opportunity to develop and extend performance skills through two, three or four week intensive courses…